Lo v. Provena Covenant Medical Center - Modified upon denial of rehearing

NO. 4-03-0175

IN THE APPELLATE COURT

OF ILLINOIS

FOURTH DISTRICT

ADOLF LO, M.D.,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

PROVENA COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER, a Corporation,

Defendant-Appellant.))))))))

Appeal from

Circuit Court of

Champaign County

No. 02L275

Honorable

Michael Q. Jones,

Judge Presiding.

MODIFIED UPON DENIAL OF REHEARING

Plaintiff, Adolf Lo, is a physician and a member of the medical staff of defendant, Provena Covenant Medical Center, a licensed hospital. Defendant summarily suspended plaintiff's clinical privilege to perform open-heart surgery, allegedly because an independent peer review had identified problems…